EP0158344A2 - Tintenübertragungsmaterial für Drucker - Google Patents

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EP0158344A2
EP0158344A2 EP85104374A EP85104374A EP0158344A2 EP 0158344 A2 EP0158344 A2 EP 0158344A2 EP 85104374 A EP85104374 A EP 85104374A EP 85104374 A EP85104374 A EP 85104374A EP 0158344 A2 EP0158344 A2 EP 0158344A2
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transfer material
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ink transfer
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Yasuzi Nakahara
Hideki Yamagishi
Shun-Ichiro Kirimura
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/10—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein by using carbon paper or the like
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10S428/914—Transfer or decalcomania
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/25—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and including a second component containing structurally defined particles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/26—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component, the element or component having a specified physical dimension
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/26—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component, the element or component having a specified physical dimension
    • Y10T428/263—Coating layer not in excess of 5 mils thick or equivalent
    • Y10T428/264—Up to 3 mils
    • Y10T428/265—1 mil or less
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/26—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component, the element or component having a specified physical dimension
    • Y10T428/266—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component, the element or component having a specified physical dimension of base or substrate
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/31504—Composite [nonstructural laminate]
    • Y10T428/31786—Of polyester [e.g., alkyd, etc.]

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  • This invention relates to an ink transfer material for printers, and more particularly to an ink transfer material which is excellent in dimensional stability and durability, virtually free from plastic deformation, and useful for typewriters and other similar impact printers and thermal transfer printers.
  • thermoplastic linear polyester is obtained by the polycondensation of (A) a dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof with (B) a glycol. It is desired that at least 80 mol% of the component (A) is a terephthalic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof and at least 8.0 mol% of the component (B) is ethylene glycol.
  • polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer is used most widely.
  • the polyester film of this invention is desired, though not essentially, to possess specific surface resistivity of not more than 10 ohm/sq., preferably 10 13 ohm/sq., so as to preclude the problems of electrostatic deposition of dust on the film surface, unsmooth movement of the film, and infliction of damage to the electric circuit of the printer.
  • the polyester film having specific surface resistivity of not more than 10 15 ohm/sq. there may be suitably adopted a'method such as an application of an antistatic agent on the film surface, a method forming a thin layer of a metal or a metal compound on the film surface, a method adding an antistatic agent to the composition of raw monomers at the stage of polymerization prepared for the formation of film, or a method mixing the polyester with an antistatic agent prior to the formation of the film.
  • a'method such as an application of an antistatic agent on the film surface, a method forming a thin layer of a metal or a metal compound on the film surface, a method adding an antistatic agent to the composition of raw monomers at the stage of polymerization prepared for the formation of film, or a method mixing the polyester with an antistatic agent prior to the formation of the film.
  • the deposition of the transfer ink layer on one of the surfaces of the film of this invention can be accomplished by any of the known methods.
  • Examples of the method include a method of applying the ink in the form of a hot melt or solvent coating process such as gravure roll, reverse roll, and the slit die.
  • the ink transfer material of this invention can improve the disadvantage of the difficulty to rewind on a spool or the cassette of a limited capacity.
  • an ordinary sequential biaxially oriented polyester film D was obtained by longitudinal stretching at a temperature of 95° C and a stretching ratio of 3.6 times, lateral stretching at a temperature of 110° C and a stretching ratio of 3.2 times, and a heat set at 225° C.
  • a longitudinally tensilized polyester film E was obtained by longitudinal stretching at a temperature of 90° C and a stretching ratio of 2.75 times, lateral stretching at a temperature of 100° C and a stretching ratio of 3.4 times, and again longitudinal stretching at a temperature of 130° C and a stretching ratio of 2.0 times, a heat set at 215° C.

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  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Shaping By String And By Release Of Stress In Plastics And The Like (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Duplication Or Marking (AREA)
EP85104374A 1984-04-13 1985-04-11 Tintenübertragungsmaterial für Drucker Expired - Lifetime EP0158344B2 (de)

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JP59072622A JPS60217194A (ja) 1984-04-13 1984-04-13 プリンタ−用転写材
JP72622/84 1984-04-13

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EP0158344A3 EP0158344A3 (en) 1986-06-11
EP0158344B1 EP0158344B1 (de) 1989-12-20
EP0158344B2 EP0158344B2 (de) 1994-07-20

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JP (1) JPS60217194A (de)
DE (1) DE3574847D1 (de)

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US4684271A (en) * 1986-01-15 1987-08-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Thermal transfer ribbon including an amorphous polymer
JPS62244691A (ja) * 1986-04-18 1987-10-26 Teijin Ltd プリンタ−用転写材
JPS6339374A (ja) * 1986-08-05 1988-02-19 Teijin Ltd プリンタ−用転写材
EP0707979B2 (de) † 1994-10-05 2005-06-15 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Polyesterfilm für ein Aufzeichnungsmedium für wärmeempfindliche Übertragung vom Sublimationstyp

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JPS62193889A (ja) * 1986-02-20 1987-08-26 Teijin Ltd プリンタ−用転写リボン
JPS62233227A (ja) * 1986-04-03 1987-10-13 Teijin Ltd 二軸配向ポリエステルフイルム
JPS62290581A (ja) * 1986-06-09 1987-12-17 Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd 熱転写記録材料
JPS62292484A (ja) * 1986-06-11 1987-12-19 Diafoil Co Ltd 感熱転写フイルム
JPH064358B2 (ja) * 1987-03-12 1994-01-19 三菱製紙株式会社 熱転写材
JPS63227634A (ja) * 1987-03-18 1988-09-21 Toray Ind Inc 感熱孔版印刷原紙用フイルム
JPH01141089A (ja) * 1987-11-27 1989-06-02 Toppan Printing Co Ltd 熱転写記録媒体
JP2730033B2 (ja) * 1988-01-26 1998-03-25 東レ株式会社 感熱転写箔用二軸配向ポリエステルフィルム
JPH0218090A (ja) * 1988-07-07 1990-01-22 Diafoil Co Ltd 感熱転写用ポリフェニレンスルフィドフィルム
JP2566624B2 (ja) * 1988-07-14 1996-12-25 ダイアホイルヘキスト株式会社 感熱転写用フィルム
JPH0239998A (ja) * 1988-07-29 1990-02-08 Diafoil Co Ltd 感熱転写用ポリエチレンナフタレートフィルム
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JPH0725229B2 (ja) * 1993-05-14 1995-03-22 東レ株式会社 プリンター用転写材
JP2955187B2 (ja) * 1994-07-18 1999-10-04 東レ株式会社 プリンター用転写材の製造方法
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JPS60217194A (ja) 1985-10-30
JPH0434519B2 (de) 1992-06-08
US4675233A (en) 1987-06-23

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